Lead Software Engineer

Full Time
  • October 26, 2026
  • Employment Info

    JOB  DETAILS

    Requirements
    • Extensive experience leading software engineering teams and delivering complex software solutions within Agile environments.
    • Experience in software architecture, systems integration and enterprise-level application development.
    • Ability to guide technical decision-making, mentor engineers and drive engineering best practice across teams.
    • Experience working with Java and associated open-source technologies, alongside modern DevOps and CI/CD practices.
    • Knowledge of integration technologies, REST APIs and data exchange formats including JSON and XML.
    • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Demonstrated capability in planning, estimation, risk management and delivering outcomes within complex programs.
    • Australian Citizenship and NV-1 security clearance with willingness and ability to uplift to NV-2 security clearance
    Responsibilities
    • Provide technical leadership across the software engineering lifecycle, guiding solution design, development, integration, testing and deployment activities for a critical Defence capability.
    • Lead and mentor cross-functional Agile teams, fostering engineering excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement while supporting the growth and development of team members.
    • Drive architectural decisions, technical roadmaps and modern engineering practices, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable and aligned to customer priorities.
    • Partner with customers, product owners and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into practical solutions, manage technical risks and ensure successful delivery outcomes.
    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience with NiFi, Kafka, Elastic (ELK) Stack, Solr, Jenkins, Git and Ansible.
    • Exposure to Defence, National Security, Government or other highly regulated environments.
    • Experience leading distributed or cross-functional engineering teams in mission-critical systems.

     

     

     

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